Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1878

Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches

Description: Douglas Avenue, looking west at north side of street. Land Office in foreground is Healy and Niederlander, Real Estate Company, at the corner of Emporia and Douglas. Other business signs visible include Lipperts (?) and the Cincinnati Bakery.

Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, people, street scenes, false front, buildings, architecture.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_U2-2.1.8

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1878

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Contractors and builders, W. A. Reese and J. K. Sawyer carpenter shop in the 100 block of North Market.

Keywords: Business and industry, commercial building, people, fashion, hats, horse, wagon.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl1309

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1878

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: This hotel opened in 1877 as the Tremont House. It was formerly the Harris House, then with an addition, became the Empire House. When it was moved to the northeast corner of Emporia and Douglas to be near the Depot it became the Tremont House.

Keywords: Business and industry, people, horses, buggy.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl1336

Creator: Rogers Studio

Date Original: Circa 1878

Physical Details: 2.5 x 3.5 inches

Description: Portrait of James Richard Mead, one of the early founders of Wichita. Mead came to Kansas Territory if 1859 and established himself as a buffalo hunter and fur trader. In 1868 he met with a group of men to organize a town company for the site at the junction of the Arkansas River and the Little Arkansas River. He was instrumental in bringing the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad through Wichita, which secured the position of the city as a trade center.

Keywords: People, settlers, pioneers, transportation, business and industry.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_Mead,James.R

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: 1879

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Bitting Brothers Keystone Clothing House, northwest corner of Douglas and Market.

Keywords: Business and industry.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection

Repository: Wichita Public Library

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wpl_wpl1357

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1882

Physical Details: 4.25 x 2.5 inches

Description: Residence at 259 North Emporia Avenue. Identified as the first home of Alfred W. Bitting, who, with his brother Charles, established a long-lived clothing business on the northwest corner of Douglas Avenue and Market Street.

Keywords: People, business and industry, houses, children, high-wheeled bicycles, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_259.N.Emporia-1

Creator: Rorabaugh & Millsap Studio

Date Original: 1882

Physical Details: 8 x 10 inches

Description: Nicholas Steffen and the Steffen Bakery Wagon.

Keywords: Wichita, business and industry, Nicholas Steffen, wagon, horses, Steffen Bakery.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name: Richard M. Long Collection

Repository: Wichita State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wsu_ms96-4.3.11.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1883

Physical Details: 4 x 5 inches

Description: Interior of a greenhouse owned by Charles P. Mueller and C. A. Rose. Located at the intersection of Guthrie and High Streets (Guthrie is now known as Hood, High Street may have been in vicinity of present 23rd Street). C. A. Rose is in foreground, C. P. Mueller in background.

Keywords: Wichita, agriculture, business and industry, people, plants, florists.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photograph

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_E5-1.1.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1885

Physical Details: 3 x 2.5 inches

Description: View looking northeast at Occidental Hotel, 304 North Main Street.

Keywords: Business and industry, people, street scene, exterior, umbrella, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_D6-7.1.1

Creator: Unknown photographer

Date Original: Circa 1885

Physical Details: 3.25 x 2.5 inches

Description: Interior view, lobby of Occidental Hotel, 304 North Main Street. The woman seated at the reception desk is identified as Julia Wenderlin, manager.

Keywords: Business and industry, people, spittoon, employment, occupation, Wichita.

Subject: Wichita (Kan.) -- Pictorial works

Type: Photographic Contact Print

Collection Name:

Repository: Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum

Date Digital: 2003

Identifier: wschm_D6-7.1.4

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